Spencer Fullerton Baird

Author : George Brown Goode
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781391094472
Total Pages : 766 pages
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Download or read book The Published Writings of Spencer Fullerton Baird, 1843-1882 (Classic Reprint) written by George Brown Goode and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-09-28 with total page 766 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Published Writings of Spencer Fullerton Baird, 1843-1882 The writer, since 1874, has been collecting materials for a work to be entitled An Index Bibliography of American Ichthyology, the oh ject of which will be to render as easily accessible as possible to the investigator and the student the literature relating to American fishes. Its scope embraces not only anatomical and descriptive ichthyology, but the literature of the fisheries, angling, fishery legislation and diplomacy, fishery statistics, and the commerce of the fisheries. Refer enese will be made not only to separate works and papers in scientific periodicals and the transaction of societies, but to all accessible articles and paragraphs in narratives of voyages and books of travel in Amer ica, and to pertinent references in literary and sporting periodicals. Briefly, it is the intention to enumerate by title every writing ever pub lished which refers to American fish or fisheries. The work will be called an index-bibliography, because it is intended to form a com prehensive index to the works it describes. Each title will be followed by a brief descriptive or critical paragraph, which will supplement the title and indicate in a general way the scope of its author's effort. In the case of an important paper a synopsis of its contents may be given. Under each descriptive paper will be printed the names of the new species described, with the locality whence the types were obtained, and the page of the reference. In important works, containing critical remarks, similar references may be given for each species discussed. References to every engraving published will be made. The pressure of other engagements has delayed the completion of this work, which it was at first intended to publish in 1876. It is now ex pected that it may be finished In 1884. Titles of works published before July, 1884, will be included. In the mean time itis proposed, from time to time, to publish special bibliographies of the writings of the most prominent naturalists, for convenience of current reference, and to invite criticism of methods, corrections of any kind, and the cc-opera tion of those who are interested in the successful completion of the undertaking. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.